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Vtth 2d Lieutenant Lawford, and tlie Malay Con- 

 tingent tinder ^^y^^d Sabban, left Bell's stockadtf 

 for the attack of the new stockades erected on 

 Bukit Seboosa. 



On arriving at IViggi-to-Dattus, the detach- 

 ment was halted, and Syed Sabban, wiih the 

 Malay Confm^enl, and a Jemidar'a party of 20 

 men moved ol'tu the riijiit in order, Ijy taking a 

 circuitous route ihroug-h the junjrie, to be ena- 

 bled to fall oil the lelt flank ui the %voi ks simul- j 

 toneously with the jrrand attack in frout. j 



As soon as this party had been absent the J^pace | 

 of lime in which it M^as calculated that this ob- 

 ject would be effected, the main body resumed 

 its progress until it reached the foot of Bukit Sc- 

 boosa, where a sharp turning c oricealed il from 

 the view of the stockades. Here the detachment 

 halted for nearly 20 rainutes, when firing Avas 

 heard on the righi of the British, but at a consi- 

 derable distance from the point of attack. As a 

 deathlike .stillness prevailed in ihe works, Cap* 

 tain FouUon directed the senior artillery officer 

 to feel whether they were deserted. The ^ 

 inch morlar was accordiugly brought up to the 

 angle of the road, which wa? nearly 500 yards 

 distant from the enemy s pt^sition, and .the fir^t 

 shell thrown told on the works, and a tremendous 

 yell at once awoke all the echoes of the woods, 

 as the answering mn^queiry flashed through 

 every loop hole. A lew more shells were thrown, 

 one of which, from the dead pause which ensued » 

 appeared to have produced some effect. 



The 12 pr, howitzer was now brought up by 

 drag-ropes^ the bullocks following in the rear 



